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De - Pt| English Dictionary: casus belli | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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d8Casus \[d8]Ca"sus\, n. [L.] An event; an occurrence; an occasion; a combination of circumstances; a case; an act of God. See the Note under {Accident}. {Casus belli}, an event or combination of events which is a cause war, or may be alleged as a justification of war. {Casus fortuitus}, an accident against which due prudence could not have provided. See {Act of God}, under {Act}. {Casus omissus}, a case not provided for by the statute. | |
